Biden elected, the coronavirus still active and the start of the Vendée Globe

Joe Biden in Wilmington on Saturday night.

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We hope you were able to fully enjoy your weekend.

We spent these two days checking the news.

And it's time to sum it all up.

1. Biden to be elected President of the United States

Joe Biden November 7, 2020 - ABC

After several days of suspense, the news broke about the 6 p.m. shots on Saturday.

According to the accounts of several media, Joe Biden, 77, is elected President of the United States, the 46th man to achieve this function.

He was declared the winner of two key states on Saturday, Pennsylvania (20 grand voters) and Nevada (6 grand voters), bringing his total of grand voters beyond the 370 needed for an election.

The results of several states have yet to be finalized.

They will undoubtedly consolidate this majority, since the Democratic candidate is also announced the winner in Arizona (11 large voters) and Georgia (16 large voters).

Trump is expected to win again in North Carolina (15 grand voters) and Alaska (3 grand voters).

All the latest information on this subject can be read in our live.

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Biden claimed his victory, which Trump disputes.

Our correspondent deciphers these crazy last hours in this video.

2. The six major challenges facing Biden

Joe Biden will now have to "get to work".

The new president inherits a country divided by many fractures, and shaken by a major health and economic crisis.

Reconciling an America that is divided and polarized in the extreme on all matters will undoubtedly be one of its most important challenges.

He will also have to curb the Covid-19 epidemic, which his predecessor treated over the leg.

The economy must also be recovered after this pandemic.

Still domestically, the Democrat is expected to narrow the racial divide.

Internationally, Biden must turn the fight against global warming back on course, and return to multilateralism.

We detail these challenges in this article.

More info:

Do you know the future American president.

We summarize his life in this article.

And in this other that of its vice-president, Kamala Harris, the first woman to reach this post.

3. A period of tension for institutions?

The letters "Black Lives Matter" painted on the avenue leading to the White House in Washington.

- Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP / SIPA

Joe Biden will not officially take office until January 21, the day after the inauguration ceremony.

Trump refusing for the time being his defeat, should we be worried about this transition period?

Asked by 20 Minutes, Jean-Claude Beaujour, vice-president of the diplomatic association France-Americas and international lawyer, believes that "all disputes related to the election must be purged by December 8".

And for the moment, he believes that there is no need to worry: "Today, the American institutions are not threatened, the system works correctly and the president has not questioned the judicial power.

The proof is that he wants to use it to assert his rights.

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“This transition is a particularly sensitive moment, when close collaboration between the outgoing and incoming teams should ensure continuity in the conduct of the country's business.

Donald Trump has hinted on several occasions that he would reserve the right to derogate from this democratic rule, explains to 20 Minutes Jean-Eric Branaa, lecturer at Paris-II University, specialist in the United States and author of 'a biography of Joe Biden.

It is very unlikely - and above all impossible - that Donald Trump could "sabotage" this transition in this way.

Any document or post-it that leaves the American High Administration is automatically sent to the national archives.

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The Senate is also awaiting its majority.

The upper house is very important for the future president, on its majority will depend its capacity to carry out its reforms.

And everything will be played out in January.

4. The coronavirus still there

Coronavirus: France passes the 40,000 dead mark (Illustration) - Tristan Reynaud / SIPA

Meanwhile, in Europe, the second wave of Covid-19 is harming hospitals.

Depending on the region, hospitals have had to deprogram 25 to 60% of their usual activities to anticipate the influx of patients.

The ban on religious ceremonies during confinement, the lifting of which is requested by the Catholic clergy, has been confirmed by the Council of State.

On the other hand, the government does not intend to confine the elderly more severely at this stage, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said this morning.

All the information on this subject can be found in our live.

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Olivier Véran notes a slowdown in the epidemic.

Finally the end of the tunnel?

5. Let's go for the Vendée Globe

In the Vendée Globe, we can't stop progress - Maxime Le Pihif / SIPA

More than two months of solo sailing for a round-the-world trip on a monohull.

The start was given on Sunday for the Vendée Globe (you can relive it here).

Thirty-three skippers are listed this year for the challenge, including the LinkedOut of our darling Thomas Rettant, who wears the colors of

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Particularity this year, only the organization was able to attend this departure from the pontoons, confinement requires.

And the residents were not delighted, explains our special correspondent in Les Sables d'Olonne in this report.

And in this other report, he makes you experience this great day with the skippers.

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The Slovenian from the Jumbo-Visma Primoz Roglic won the Vuelta this Sunday.

And it is the Russian Daniil Medvedev (world No. 5) who won in the final of the Masters 1000 at Paris-Bercy against the German Alexander Zverev (No. 7) in three sets: 5-7;

6-4;

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